Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pus-

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*pūs-, *peus-

Etymology

Probably derived from an unattested strong verb *peusaną, itself of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, a variant of *bʰew- (“to inflate, blow, swell”).

Verb

*pus-

to blow, inflate
to breathe hard, pant; sigh
to snort; wheeze

Derived terms

*pusą
- Proto-West Germanic: *pos
  - ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *gapos
    - ⇒ Old English: ġeposu
      - Middle English: pose
        English: pose
*pusalōną
- Proto-West Germanic: *pusalōn
  - Old English: puslian
    - Middle English: *puslen
      - >? English: puzzle
        → Dutch: puzzelen
        → West Frisian: puzzelje
      - Scots: pousle, pouzle, poozle (“to trifle; poke or potter around aimlessly; search about with uncertainty”)
*pūsaz
- Old Norse: púss
*pusjaną/*piusijaną
- Old Norse: *pýsa, *pjósa
  - Old Danish: puse, piuse
    - Danish: puse; pyse, pjuse, pysse, pjusse (dialectal)
  - Old Swedish: pysa
    - Swedish: pysa, pusa
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: pysja, pysa (dialectal)
*pusô (“bag”)
*pusōną
- Proto-West Germanic: *pūsōn
  - Old High German: *pfūsōn
    - Middle High German: phūsen
      - German: pfausen (dialectal)
*pūstuz/*pūstaz
- Proto-West Germanic: *pūst
  - Old Frisian: *pūst
    - Saterland Frisian: Puust m
    - West Frisian: pûst m or f
  - Old Saxon: *pūst
    - Middle Low German: pûst m
      - German Low German: Puust f
        → German: Puste
        → Saterland Frisian: Puste f
      - → Swedish: pust
      - → Norwegian Bokmål: pust
      - → Norwegian Nynorsk: pust
  - Old Dutch: *pūst
    - Middle Dutch: *puust, *poest
      - Dutch: pust, poest m (alternatively, from the verb)
- >? Old Norse: pústr m
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *pūstōną
  - Proto-West Germanic: *pūstōn
    - Old Frisian: *pūstia
      - Saterland Frisian: pustje
      - West Frisian: pûstje; pûste
    - Old Saxon: *pūstōn
      - Middle Low German: pûsten
        German Low German: puusten
        
        → Middle High German: *pūsten, *būsten
        German: pusten
        
        ⇒ Middle High German: anebūsten
        
        → Danish: puste
        
        → Swedish: pusta
        
        → Norwegian Bokmål: puste
    - Old Dutch: *pūston
      - Middle Dutch: puusten, poesten
        Dutch: pusten, poesten

Related terms

*pausijaną